"This was not a young man who was in and out of trouble or some gang thing," Hilton told The Advocate. "It was a kid who in my eyes was a good kid. Everything he said was 'no, sir' or 'yes, sir' and shook your hand.”

Investigators have already hit road blocks in solving the murder, as they said very few people are cooperating with law enforcement. More than 100 people were at the party, but hardly anyone is talking, WAFB reported.

“They should want this thing to be handled and settled the right way. They should want the individual that did the shooting or individuals who did the shooting to face justice,” Sgt. L’Jean McKneely Jr. said. “A young life, promising future, now he has no future.”

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the Violent Crimes Unit at 225-389-4869 or Crime Stoppers at 225-344-7867.